My Name Is Not Ali (2011)
1h 38m · 7 Nov 2011
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6.3/10
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Travelling between Germany, France, and Tunisia, Viola Shafik reconstructs and deconstructs the unknown life story of El Hedi Ben Salem through interviews with his companions and family members as well as archival material. With openness and slight naivety, the interviewees explain how “Ali” became an oriental object of projection for the Fassbinder group, while El Hedi Ben Salem, the human being, was overlooked in order to establish the foreigner as “other.” A no-frills examination of a piece of German and Munich film history.
| Movie ID | 52356 |
|---|---|
| Genre | Documentary |
| Director | Viola Shafik |
| Main cast | El Hedi ben Salem, Rainer Werner Fassbinder, Abd El-Kader Jarrary, Hafsia Mellaim, Viola Shafik, Renate Leiffer, Irm Hermann, Karl Scheydt |
| Release date | 7 November 2011 |
| Release year | 2011 |
| Language | Arabic |
| Duration | 98 min (1h 38m) |
| Rating | 6.3 / 10 (TMDB) |
| Production house | Diogenes Film |
Director: Viola Shafik
Writers: Viola Shafik
Top cast
El Hedi ben SalemSelf (archive footage)
Rainer Werner FassbinderSelf (archive footage)
Abd El-Kader JarrarySelf (Ben Salem's Son)
Hafsia MellaimSelf (Ben Salem's former wife)
Viola ShafikSelf (voice)
Renate LeifferSelf
Irm HermannSelf
Karl ScheydtSelf
Rudolf Waldemar BremSelf
Hans HirschmüllerSelf
Hamdan JarrarySelf (Ben Salem's son)
Zeina JarrarySelf (Ben Salem's sister)
Ahmed LecomteSelf (Ben Salem's nephew)
Reqaya ZkouraSelf (Ben Salem's niece)
Chadhlia ZkouraSelf (Ben Salem's niece)
Najat GhribiSelf (Ben Salem's daughter-in-law)
Kurt RaabSelf (archive footage)
Thea EymèszSelf
Nikolaus NotterSelf
Marie NotterSelf
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